Bach – The Vocal Works – Masaaki Suzuki
This 78-disc collection of Bach’s vocal works contains most of the Bach vocal works Masaaki Suzuki recorded with the Bach Collegium Japan for BIS in SACD format. The set includes the sacred and secular cantatas, the Passions, oratorios, motets, and the Mass in B minor. It also features essays by renowned scholars in English, German, and French, along with sung texts in both German and English translation.
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Wolfgang Sawallisch – Complete Philips & DG Recordings
This comprehensive 43-CD box set features orchestral works, choral pieces, and Lieder by an array of composers, with a focus on Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Schubert, and Wagner. The set includes complete symphonic cycles of Brahms and Mendelssohn, alongside selections from Beethoven, Schubert, and Tchaikovsky. Lieder recordings feature renowned vocalists like Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Hermann Prey, accompanied by Sawallisch himself on piano.
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Leif Ove Andsnes – The Complete Warner Classics Edition
This 36-CD box set compiles pianist Leif Ove Andsnes’ recordings from a two-decade collaboration with Virgin and EMI. The collection spans works from Haydn, Grieg (including pieces recorded on the composer’s own piano), as well as repertoire by Schumann, Rachmaninoff, and Schubert.
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Lars Vogt – The Complete Warner Classics Edition
The late Lars Vogt was an artist who kept releasing excellent albums throughout his career, including concerto works as both pianist and conductor that he recorded for the Ondine label. This 27-CD box includes recordings he made for EMI starting in the 1990s. The Brahms solo and chamber works are the highlight of this set, but there’s much more to admire here, including 20th-century works by Hindemith and Messiaen.
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